Write directly to a String

[yamin8000]

is there any way to write to a String instead of a File?

[doyaaaaaken]

Sorry, this library supports output formats only as java.io.File or OutputStream.

[yamin8000]

Sorry, this library supports output formats only as java.io.File or OutputStream.

The preference of only outputting to a File or OutputStream seems somewhat opinionated or even questionable to me.
It can be beneficial to output directly to a String like when you want to send data in Android to other apps or share data using Intent or hell this library is so easy to use and usable one can use it for raw-printing database records in logs or a TextView for testing purposes or even usable in back-end programming and you just want to respond to an API call with a CSV representation of some data records from the database, that's just my two cents.
For now, I can live with writing to a temporary file in the cache and read that same file so I can have it as a String.

[doyaaaaaken]

Thanks for the feedback.
I think it's a good idea. I'll consider addressing this issue.

For now, I can live with writing to a temporary file in the cache and read that same file so I can have it as a String.

Yes, it's a valid workaround for this problem.

[Thijsiez]

Not sure if this would work for your use case, but maybe writing an extension function that does something like the following would be helpful
val output = String(outputStream.toByteArray(), Charsets.UTF_8)

[doyaaaaaken]

@Thijsiez Good solution!! Thanks!

[doyaaaaaken]

Released in version 1.6.0.
Thanks, @Thijsiez !! 😄